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THE DEMON CARDS OF FAUST. 
This is one of the most startling and unfathomable 
mysteries in card deceptions, suitable for stage or parlor. 
How to construct and work these cards: The pack 
changes three times, and you can also pull any card from 
your pocket as called for by the audience. Make a sort of 
pocket of stiff leather, as shown in Fig. i. It is something 
like a bill rack open at A, B. C, D, which are pockets to hold 








FIG. I. 

cards. Use a euchre pack, and put diamonds in A, hearts in 
B, clubs in C, and spades in D. Arrange in order to their 



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value. Having so prepared cards, place same in your upper 
left side coat pocket, and behind it have a pack of triple 
changing cards. To show all Queens, or all sevens, or to 
show an ordinary pack: To make these cards take 20 
(Queens of Spades) and 20 (seven of diamonds), and cut 
them diagonally from top to bottom corners. Then soak 
them in water and peel off their backs and glue these twenty 
Queens and seven-spots back to back of 20 common cards. 
So if you hold them up fan shape to audience they will 
appear as if all Queens or all seven spots, and by turning 
pack over in hand they appear as an ordinary pack. Have 
another (third) pack to match these. They are strippers, 
with which you do a few tricks and then allow them to be 
shuffled, then taking the pack from party, place them in 
pocket in front of rack and say you will produce any card 
called for, w^hich you can easily do, remembering location of 
suit. Count over tops of cards with the fingers till the 
desired card is reached. When sufficient cards have been 
produced place them back in pocket, and take out the 
changing pack and show an ordinary pack, and giving them a 
turn over, hold them up in fan shape in front of you and 
show all Queens. Keep on turning them around and show 
all seven spots. Then show them as an ordinary pack of 
cards, and if audience should wish to examine them, you 
must change them for a genuine pack. By looking carefully 
over the two illustrations in Fig. i, you will understand at 
once the making of rack and cards. If this trick is properly 
executed it is of good effect. 

MYSTIC ENVELOPES AND CARDS. 
Place a pack of 32 cards in any certain order, and remem- 
ber same. Take four slips of paper and write the names of 
cards as follows: On the first slip six names, on the second 
nine names, on the third slip seven names, and on the fourth 
slip ten names of cards. Place each in a separate envelope, 
each envelope must be smaller than the other, and place the 
smallest envelope in the second, this in the third, and this in 



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the fourth, so that in each envelope is one envelope and one 
slip of paper and have all sealed. Proceed to lay these cards 
out on a plate in four heaps, in just the order ihey are written 
on the slips of paper, leaving the last pack, which corres^ 
ponds to slip in the smaller envelope toward the audience;. 
It is best to lay these packs out on a plate and allow thesn tO' 
project a little over the edge of plate so that when you coveT 
them with a borrowed handkerchief the positions of th^ 
packs can be easily seen by performer. (See Fig. 2.) Wher^ 
this is done and first have given one of the audience the seai^ 
ed envelopes to hold, request some one to step forward 
and select any one of the four packs of cards and place it m 
his pocket and return to his seat. When the person has put 

the cards in his- 
pocket the performer 
comes forward, cast- 
ing a quick side 
glance at covered^ 
cards, by w h i c h 
means he discovers 
which pack has been? 
removed, owing to* 
the handkerchief 
sinking down on the 
side. Performer now 
takes the envelope 
and opens it If in- 
it is the slip of paper 
containing names of 
cards in pack the 
person selected, it i^ 
only necessary to take out the slip ot paper, leaving the rest 
in the envelope, and hand slip to party having cards in his. 
pocket, requesting him to read aloud the names of cards he 
finds on the slip of paper and name the cards he has in his^ 
pocket, showing them plainly to audience, who seeing, ot 
course agree. Should another pack be chosen, for instance 




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ithat corresponding to cards named on second slip of paper in 
rthe second envelope performer leaves the slip in the first 
envelope and takes out second envelope, which he opens and 
(finds the required slip, leaving in the envelope the third one. 
If still another one be chosen, proceed as above till the 
required one is reached. The front pack is generally the 
one chosen. The slip corresponding with it being in the 
fourth envelope, heightens the efTect of trick to break four 
envelopes. The placing of slip in each is to be made sure, 
as the front pack is not always chosen. 

THE MAGIC GROWTH OF FLOWERS. 
This forms a fine conclusion to flowers from cone. Take 
a piece of paper and make an open cylmder of it, holding 
tipright and clipping it with thumb and finger. Show empty 
rattle wand in it. Wand is hollow and contains a stem of 
flowers made of feathers, which compress and go inside, leav- 
ing a small projecting stem at one end. As you withdraw 
wand you clip this end with fingers, holding paper and draw 
wand out leaving flowers behind in paper. Knock off paper 
and reveal flowers standing on palm of hand. 

THE CHANGING CARDS. 
Take a pack of cards in your left hand, and show right 
nand palm empty; ditto left hand. Right hand now passes 
over top card and it has changed and right hand shown 
•empty. The explanation of this trick is as follows: Hold 
pack face forward between fingers of left hand. (See Fig. 3.) 
Call attention and exhibit right hand empty. Now take 
cards in right hand for the purpose of showing left hand 
empty. Take them in right hand, placing fingers at back of 
pack and thumb on face of cards well down in fork of thumb. 
Show left hand empty then replace cards in same position in 
left hand. As you draw away right hand press with thumb 
and slip off underneath card at lower part of pack which rests 
against palm and palm same. All this is done by simple 
gestures of drawing right hand away. Now call attention to 
top card and place palm of right hand over it and draw hand 



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FIG. 3. 
down and leave the palmed card there and show the card 
changed. People imagine you have palmed off a card but 
immediately show right hand empty. This is an excellent 
palm and not difficult to learn and can be employed in a va- 
riety of ways. 

THE BIRTH OF FLORIS. 

This illusion is worked in a curtain recess or cabinet^ 
same as used for illusion, *'Thauma." Figure 4 shows how 
the illusion looks to the audience. Figure 5 explains the 
whole secret. The lady lying on a shelf is covered with a 
black cloth, with the exception of her face. There is a 
square piece of black cloth, which is weighted at the bottom 
hanging in front of her face. To the upper corners of this 
cloth is attached two black threads which run to the top of 
canopy (See dotted lines), and then down to the assistant. 
When the flowers are placed on a stand, the assistant slackens 
the threads, and the weighted cloth drops down exposing the 
head of lady to view, apparently resting in basket of flowers. 
To cause the head to disappear, the threads are pulled up^ 
causing the cloth to rise as at first. The stand and basket 



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are painted white, and can be passed for examination at any 




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FIG. 5. ' 

CASSADAGA PROPAGANDA. 

The secret of this most remarkable illusion lies inthe 
fact that although the cabinet is not large enough to contain 
a person, it is large enough to conceal a small person who 
rests behind the cabinet on a shelf. The cabinet itself is a 
box about 23^ feet square and 2 feet deep. It has a fancy 
6 inch moulding extending all around its front edge. (A, 
Fig. 7.) The cabinet is closed by two small doors which 
arc attached by hinges to a separate frame (B, Fig. 7)» so 
that the whole may be removed from the cabinet in order to 
show the inside. The doors do not reach to the top of the 
frame but within about six inches of it, thus leaving an open- 
ing above them. The rear of the cabinet is supplied with a 
shelf (E, Fig. 6), on which the person is to rest. A small 
door gives the assistant access to the interior of the cabinet. 



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FIG. 6. 



A specially constructed chair is required for this illusion 
(D, Fig. 7). It differs from the ordinary in the fact that the 
back is attached to the seat by spring hinges. The hinges 
keep the back up in its proper position but it may be pressed 
down as shown. Four wires as shown by the dotted lines in 
Fig. 6, lead from the cabinet up into the flies; here they 
meet and form one wire which runs over pulleys to a wind- 
lass behind the scenes. The background used consists of a 
large sheet ot canvas which has parallel vertical stripes 
painted on it. These stripes so confuse the vision of the 
spectators that they are unable to see the wires. Two square- 



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backed chairs and a long pane of glass are also required. 
When the stage curtain goes up the cabinet is seen standing 
on the chair and the spring back of the former is down in 
order to make room for the latter. The assistant, who is 
generally a small, bright boy, is concealed behind the cabi- 
net on the shelf. The performer now enters and going to 
the cabinet removes the frame containing the doors and 
places it on the floor. He now pretends to lift the cabinet 
from the chair and place it on the pane of glass which is rest- 
ing on the backs of the two square backed chairs. At the 
same moment that the performer pretends to lift the cabinet 
the assistant behind the scenes raises it by means of the 
wires and windlass. A small metal clip (C, Fig. 7) is on 
the bottom of the cabinet and this the performer catches on 
the glass pane in order to keep the former from swinging. 
As soon as the cabinet is removed from the chair the springs 
raise the chair back up into its proper position. The frame 
with the doors may now be replaced and the manifestations 
are ready to commence. The small boy on the shelf pro- 
duces all of the results through the door in the back of the 
cabinet. A miniature chair and tambourine are placed inside 






EIG. 7. 

and the doors closed. Instantly a hand appears at the open- 
ing, the table is thumped and the tambourine is thrown out. 

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handkerchief is borrowed and placed inside; this immediately 
jumps out of the opening with a knot tied in it and then 
dances about the stage to the music furnished by the orches- 
tra. This is accomplished as follows: When the performer 
places the handkerchief in the cabinet he carries with it a 
black silk thread which the assistant behind the scenes has 
control of. When the boy behind the cabinet ties a knot in 
the handkerchief he ties the thread with it and so the assistant 
behind the scenes has control of the handkerchief and can 
make it dance, etc. After each manifestation the doors of 
the cabinet are opened and the latter shown to be empty. 
The game of cards now takes place. The performer steps 
dow^n among the audience with a small table which he places 
in the aisle. He now invites a lady and a gentleman to play 
a hand at euchre. The cards are shuffled by the lady and 
dealt by the performer. A mammoth deck of cards is now 
placed in the cabinet and the doors are closed. The per- 
former now asks the ''spook" in the cabinet to indicate which 
card the lady should play. This the spook does by showing 
through the opening one of the large cards. The ]ady plays 
the corresponding card in her hand and the card which the 
gentleman should cover it with is indicated in the ^ame man- 
ner. This is continued until the game is finished. The 
modus operandi of this is as follows: The performer arranges 
before hand enough cards to form a euchre hand for two 
persons. He arranges them in such a manner that he will 
know just which cards the lady and gent wmII hold. These 
cards he palms off when taking the deck back from the lady 
after she has shuffled it, he places these on top. He now 
deals them out himself. The large deck has been so arranged 
that the boy can take them one after another from the top 
and they will represent alternatively which card the lady and 
gent should play. The hands should be so arranged that the 
lady wins. 

NKW KNOTTED HANDKERCHIEFS. 
This experiment is intended as an improvement on the 
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which are as follows: Each knot consists of a open discal 
piece of metal about half an inch in diameter. (See Fig. 8) . 
This is hinged in the middle and fastens with a catch. These 

fakes are painted white, and 
have a piece of cloth of the 
same color as the handker- 
chief. You can stick it 
around the outside. You 
have say three of these 
fakes open a little 
ledge at back of chair or 
behind something on your 
table. The open part of fake 
is upwards. Fakes being then placed. You either borrow or 
produce four handkerchiefs. These you carelessly throw 
over back of chair. Now, pick up one by one, at same time 
bring off one fake open and concealing it in hand. Now, 
take a second handkerchief up and place end of this to corner 
of other one evenly and close fingers over it, which at same 
time closes the fake around both ends and secures them. 
Proceed in the same way with the other handkerchief lifting 
it with a fake and fastening to other end of one of the hand- 
kerchiefs and ditto with the last handkerchief. You will find 
the movement quite easy and natural, and upon shaking them 
out the handkerchiefs appear completely knotted together. 
The trick may be introduced in various ways. All that has 
to be done to vanish knots is to slide handkerchief through 



hand, when fakes will slip off and remain in hand. 

NEW COLOR CHANGING HANDKERCHIEF. 

The fake for this you will see is somewhat similar to the 
ordinary handkerchief vanisher. A long piece of stout 
elastic is attached to the ring at end. To prepare fake for 
use take a small size silk handkerchief and stretch it between 
hands diagonally so as to make a kind of long rope of it. In 
one-half of the spindle revolving in take you will see a slot, 
put one corner of the handkerchief in this slot, let it go 



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through about one-fourth of an inch. Now, fit the little 
handle on to the square end of spindle projecting from one 
end of fake. Now, commence to wind the handkerchief on 
to the spindle by turning the handle, this must be done 
tightly, and carefully letting handkerchief run through fingers 
as it is being wound on so as to keep it even, wind on the 
whole length of the handkerchief leaving about one-fourth 
inch of the end of it projecting from the side of fake. It is 
now ready for working. Attach the free end of elastic to 
vest and bring it round under coat or fasten it any way you 
may prefer so long as it will fly up under coat, when re'eased 
from hand place it under right side of vest, have a similar 
sized handkerchief of a different color examined, show hands 
empty and sleeves turned up, in returning to stage get down 
the fake from under vest in your right hand letting it hang 
over the back of hand, while holding it thus press with thumb 
the corner of the handkerchief on to the little spikes project- 
ing from the open half of spindle to which original handker- 
chief was wound. When the handkerchief is fairly caught 
on to the spikes with thumb catch hold of the little end of the 
handkerchief wound on spindle and work it out sharply and 
you will find that in unrolling it will turn the spindle and 
cause the other handkerchief caught on the spikes to be roll-^d 
up round the spindle and disappear inside the fake. As soon 

as the new handker- 
chief appears, and 
when general atten- 
tion is drawn to the 
sudden change, re- 
lease fake from hand 
and it flies up out of 
^ Sight under coat. 

Handkerchief being given for examination and hands again 
shown empty. Figure pshaws fake; it is about 3^ inches 
long, having closed ends and one long slot down one side. 
It is divided by a plate in center into two equal parts. It is 
i^ inches in diameter. A spindle runs through center from 
end to end revolving freely. 




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THREE LEGGED LADY. 

A lady sits on a chair which is placed on a platform, and 
she appears to audience to have three legs. A glance at 
Fig. lo will explain the whole secret. The lady sits on the 
chair which is back of a railing away from audience. The 
third or middle leg is produced by a lady who is at back of 
the curtain and puts her leg through curtain, and lets it rest 
in groove in chair, allowing lower part of leg to hang down. 
A short drapery hangs around seat of chair. 





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FOUR LEGGED LADY. 

Here is a lady with four legs. She goes one better than 

the three-legged lady by giving the audience a few of the 

latest songs and dances. Fig. ii will explain the illusion. 

The false legs are made jointed at the knees so as to bend 



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THE SOLDIER'S FATE. 
Five or six men dressed as soldiers march into the circus 
ring or on the stage, and as they are drilling one of them 
disobeys orders, when the captain takes his sword and cuts 
the soldier's head off, letting the head fall to the ground. 
The man is then stood up against the center pole and his 

head replaced and orders given him 
to march, when he starts to march 
backwards, when the captain sees the 
mistake of his head being placed on 
wrong. The captain turns it around 
and he marches away with the rest. 
The secret of the above trick is 
that the man that has his head cut 
off has a false head, shoulders and 
arms. The man must be very short, 
so that when the false head and 
shoulders are placed over him that 
he will not look any taller than the 
rest of the men, and as they are all 
dressed alike, theaudience donotsus- 
pect anything strange, as they must 
all have longblue soldiers' coats on, 
so the audience can only see their 
legs below the knees, otherwise 
the man for the trick would be 
seen to have short legs and a long 
waist, and that would not do. Fig. 
12 shows how the head and should- 
ers fit over the man. The head is 
held on the shoulders by a peg, 
and when the captain strikes it with 
his sword he takes care to hit it in 
the correct place and give the 
sword a twist, which raises the peg 
out of the hole and the head drops 
to the ground. 




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THE MYSTERIOUS GLASS JAR AND COINS. 
The performer introduces a very pretty glass jar which he 
shows to be quite empty. He next exhibits a glass stopper, 
has it freely examined and without exchanging it or placing 

anything into it, 
places the examined 
stopper into the 
empty jar, thus her- 
metically closing the 
latter. He now takes 
a number of coins, 
say five, and com- 
mands them to leave 
his hand and pass 
into the closed glass 
jar. Presto! The 
hand is shown empty 
w^hile at the same 
the five coins are 
seen and heard to 
arrive in the glass 
jar. The conjurer 
then takes up the 
jar, still closed by 
the stopper, and 
takes it down to the 
company who open 
the jar, take out the 
five coins and exam- 
ine everything very 
closely to prove that 
**there is no trick- 
ery. 

The secret of this 
fine trick is in the lid 
of the jar. The lid is hollow and there is a small hole drilled 
on the side to place a pin in. (You will notice pin in lid by 




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looking at Fig. 13) which holds the coins in place. A fine 
thread is then attached to the pin, so when the coins are con- 
cealed in lid and the threacJ 
pulled, the coins will drop ir> 
the jar. To prepare place the 
lid on the table with coins con- 
cealed and thread attached. 
Take the jar in your hand and 
show empty, then place jar on 
the table, borrow five half 
dollars from some one in the 
audience and make passes as if 
throwing them in the jar. 
Assistant at same time pulls 
thread and coins are heard to^ 
fall into jar. Taking up jar 
you pass among audience^ 
take off rid and pour coins out 
and let jar be examined. 

THE CRYSTAL DECAN- 
TER AND MYSTERIOUS 
HANDKERCHIEFS. 
While it is a very simple 
matter to vanish a handker- 
chief from a decanter held ir6 
the hand of the performer, it 
was not until very recently 
that a method was devised by 
which either of two handker- 
chiefs will vanish from a de- 
canter that was previously 
emptied of wine, closed with ai 
glass stopper, and placed on m 
skeleton (glass topped) standi 
Two handkerchiefs, one green and the other red in color^ 
are placed in it and the decanter is left standing on the table. 
The performer now steps aside from the table,, and the hand- 




FIG. 14. 



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kerchiefs disappear from the decanter in the order named by 
the audience, either the green or red going first, as the spec- 
tators may desire. 

This is a mechanical trick and not a very complicated 
one. The stand or table is an ordinary one with a glass top, 
in which is drilled a one-inch hole, so that it will come di- 
rectly over the hollow tubing forming the center leg of the 
table. There is also a corresponding one inch hole in the 
metal flange that holds the glass top to the center leg of the 
table. The hole in this flange is closed with a metal cap, 
-w^hich can be palmed off at the will of the performer, leaving 
the hole clear through the flange, glass top, and into the hol- 
low leg of the table. A slight pressure with the first finger 
will throw the cap into the palm of the hand, where it can b^j 
retained like a coin. 

The decanter is an imitation cut glass, or it can be the 
genuine article if one so desires. The design is of diamond 
shapes, as you will see by the illustration (Fig. 14). One of 
the upper diamonds is neatly cut out, and the edges highly 
polished. Pass two stout threads through the hole in the 
side of the decanter, up the neck and out of the mouth. 
Form loops on these ends of the threads, passing the other 
ends down through the hole in the top of the table, down 
the center leg thence to the one lower joint of the table and 
off to the assistant. Pour wine in the decanter, and cork. 
Let the decanter down, drawing the loops out and laying 
them on the table top. Have a tray of small glasses along- 
side the decanter. 

When ready to introduce the experiment, step to the 
table, remove the glass stopper, pick up the decanter with 
the right hand and pour the wine into the glasses on the tray. 
In the meantime secretely pass the fingers of the left hand 
through the looped ends of the threads. The assistant now 
comes on and gives you the two handkerchiefs, and taking 
the tray of glasses, passes the wine amongst the audience. 
Now place the handkerchiefs in the decanter, one at a time, 
passing each handkerchief secretly through a loop on the 



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end of one of the threads before placing it in the decanter. 
You now pick up the decanter, grasping it by the neck with 
the thumb pressing over the two threads, where they enter 
the secret opening at side of decanter, and step several feet 
away from the table, the threads being drawn after you. In 
returning to the table, the assistant draws in the slack of the 
thread until you place the decanter on the stand. Cork the 
decanter and set the same on stand in front of the hole in the 
top, and with the side of the decanter containing the hole, 
to the back. While doing this remove the cap that concealed 
the hole in the top of the table. It is not necessary to re- 
move the cap up to this point of the trick. 

The audience now selects the handkerchief that is to 
vanish first, and the assistant pulls the proper thread and the 
handkerchief disappears — the second handkerchief vanishes 
by assistant pulling at the remaining thread. To prevent a 
possible mistake the threads should be of different colors. 

If the performer wishes, he can palm duplicate handker- 
chiefs and produce them from the pocket of some gentleman 
in the audience, after both handkerchiefs have been vanished 
from the decanter. 

THE WONDERFUL RISING WAND. 

The performer freely shows a slender wand 
about 20 inches in length, which he holds at 
finger tips allowing one end of wand to hang 
down, at command the wand instantly rises up- 
wards in the hand. While the method is very 
simple, it has puzzled many people. A glance 
at Fig. 15, will explain a good deal of the trick. 
You have a small notch cut in one end of the 
wand, in this notch catch a rubber band, and 
allow rubber to pass over fingers and push 
wand down and hold tightly. By releasing fin- 
gers a little, wand will rise slowly. You can 
also use a lead pencil to good effect. 




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THE HYPNOTISED WAND. 

The performer shows a black wand with nickeled tips and 
proceeds to suspend it from tips of fingers in all sorts of ap- 
parently impossible positions. He then lays the wand on his 
right hand and holding the left hand near the extreme end 
of the wand, causes the latter to follow the movements of the 
left hand, as if attracted by some mysterious force. 

The secret of this trick licb in the wand. It is hollow, 
made of any light material. A lead weight about one and a 




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half inches long, slides easily in the wand, see **A" in Fig. 
16. By letting this weight slide to one end of wand you can 
then balance it on tips of fingers and allow wand to roll 
backwards and forwards. 

THE HANDKERCHIEF METAMORPHOSIS. 

A new and very clever trick which by means of an in- 
genious piece of apparatus can easily be performed with 
great effect. A red silk handkerchief is held between the 
hands and caused to change into ribbon of same color that 
are seen emerging from the performer's hand. 

There are four pieces in this little apparatus as you can 
see by looking at Fig. 17. **x\'* shows hole, into which 
handkerchief is worked in. "D" shows underside of **A. " 






FIG. 17. 

Place a small red roll of paper in bottom ol ''D," then 
band *'B" on to hold paper in place, then place pin *'C'' in 
small hole in ^^D." The pin fits tightly to paper. Elastic 
is attached to ring on end of ''A," the other end of ela'stic is 
attached to back of vest. So prepared you have fake vested. 
To perform, roll sleeves up and show a red handkerchief, 
at same time secretly get fake in hand and work handker- 
chief into the hole and with your finger push pin out which 
will fall to the floor, taking end of paper with it as you keep 
working handkerchief in, paper keeps coming out at bottom. 
After handerchief is worked in and paper all out, let fake 
fly under coat and hang at back and show hands empty. 



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WAND AND OBEDIENT RING. 

Wand examined, a ring is borrowed and 
dropped on to wand, which is held upright. 
After a few magnetic passes ring ascends or 
descends wand, dances to music, and finally 
jumps off, when wand can again be examined. 

For this trick you require an ordinary wand 
and a clip or cap (painted to match the same) 
to fit over the top, to which is attached a black 
thread (see Fig. i8), the other end is attached 
to button or vest, or you can have a black pin in 
top of wand and slip thread over it, borrow a 
ring large enough to slip over wand, then by 
rnoving wand slightly the ring will travel up and 
down. 

NEW DICE TRICK. 

A solid, finely-finished die of 2i4 inches 
is freely handed around for thorough inspection. 
The performer takes the die in his left hand, 
holding it with outstretched arm with the num- 
ber squarely facing the audience, By simply 




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waving his right 
hand in front of 
the die the num- 
ber which was 
plainly visible in 
front has changed into another; for instance, the four-spot 
to a six-spot. This can be repeated several times with other 
numbers also. By looking over the illustration (Fig. 19) you 



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will at once understand the secret. The dice is a solid 
wooden dice. But you have a piece of tin the same size as 
dice with two of its edges turned over about one-eighth of 
inch and two spots painted white on it and three holes 
stamped in it. You can pass dice for examination. Having- 
fake cover palmed, pass hand in front of dice and le?.ve fake 
on dice, etc. 

THE CRYSTAL CASKET OF YOUTH. 
The frame of the casket is of iron and is five feet high 
and three feet four inches square at the bottom. The bot- 
tom is made of thin, strong wood. The top is two cross- 





FIG. 20. 
bars of iron gas pipes, the same as the side parts. (See Fig. 
20, which shows the casket opened and closed, also the fr^me 
work.) The side parts fasten at the bottom with screw nuts. 
The iron pipes which form the top meet in the centre so that 
the casket may be hung up by a single rope from the flies 
above. The casket is covered with light blue paper muslin 
outside and red inside. It is hung heavy both inside and 
outside with large bangles to give it a crystal appearance. 
The bottom is painted to give it a stage appearance. The 
front opens and closes with a curtain. The casket is to hang 



26 NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 



an the centre of the stage and about four feet from the floor. 
The scene is that of a cave with beautiful and curious objects, 
such as owls, crocodiles, and astrological emblems set here 
and there. Stage dark, curtain rises and an old astrological 
magician is discovered in a fanciful dress with white beard 
and hair reaching to the floor. He ceases his incantations 
and taking his staff in hand he causes lights to appear here 
and there which make his cave brilliant. An old man now 
enters and asks to be restored to youth. The magician says 
he will give him youth for a few years if he will enter his 
Crystal Casket in order to accomplish the change. The old 
man agrees to this. The magician stamps on the ground and 
two servants appear and are directed to bring on the golden 
ladder, which they do. The front curtain of the casket opens 
at command and it is seen to be empty. The old man is now 
assisted up the ladder by the servants and the curtain is 
closed after him. The magician begins his incantations and 
colored fireworks come from the top of the casket which is 
being turned around by the servants. Suddenly the front 
curtain is thrown aside and there in place of the old man is a 
beautiful young girl dressed in silk hose and doublet as a 
priRce. She is assisted down the ladder to the stage and 
steps to the footlights and sings. The casket is still open 
and is empty and nothing is to be seen of the old man. This 
is all done so quickly that the audience cannot comprehend 
where the old man went to and where the young girl came 
from. 

Secret — The cabinet is square inside and has a mirror 
running from top to bottom. It reaches from the front right 
hand corner to the back left hand corner, thus dividing the 
casket into two parts. The mirror is made in two pieces like 
a window and the lower half can slide up behind the upper 
half, This mirror reflects one side of the casket but the 
audience looking at it from a distance suppose it to be the 
back. When the curtain rises the young girl is already con- 
cealed behind the mirror. When the old man is put in 
casket and the curtain closed the girl rai<^es the lower half of 



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the mirror and comes out, the old man taking her place and 
closing the mirror. The old man stays back of the mirror 
until the scene closes. 



NEW HALF LADY. 



In center of stage or on a platform is seen by audience a 
half lady resting on a wooden trestle with four legs. The 
stage or platform is about 4 feet high. The trestle is two 




FIG. 21, 



feet high and three feet long. In center of trestle on top is 
a false bust (like that used in swinging half lady) and is 
ironed on firmly and finely finished as shown in Fig. 21. 
Black cloth is tacked on back legs of trestle (see Fig. 22). 



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FIG. 22. 

The wall is draped with the same kind of goods, also cover 
lady with black cloth. When you open curtains the half 
lady is seen resting upon a trestle by audience. No lights 
are needed to shine inside. The canopy surrounding lady 
is four feet wide, five feet high and five feet deep. Have it 
quite dark at back of canopy. 

NEW HANDKERCHIEF PRODUCTION. 
This little apparatus is for producing and vanishing a 
handkerchief with one hand only. Back and front of hand 
shown empty before and after trick. For this trick, a small 
square box 2x2 inches, and one inch in depth, with a hole 
in one end is required. Two wire clips pivoted to center so 
that it can be turned from front to back of hand. Have 
handkerchief in box at back of hand, show hands empty, 
then bring box into palm of hand and produce handkerchief. 
Bring fi.ngers through aga'n and leave box at back of hand. 



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THE LATEST BILLIARD BALL TRICK. 

The performer shows two very handsome nickel-plated 
goblets, which he places on a table quite apart. He next 
shows two solid billiard balls, one red and one white, which 

are given for inspection. 
He places in each goblet one 
of the billiard balls, which 
are plainly seen by the au- 
dience. Performer now rolls 
up his sleeves and shows 
both sides of hands, he 
passes them over the goblets 
and instantly the balls have 
changed places. Once more 
he passes his hands ©ver the 
changed balls and they as- 
sume their original places. 
The balls are taken out and 
given for inspection again. 
This is very useful in con- 
nection with the many 
billiard ball trick combina- 
tions now so popular. The 
secret lies in the vase having 
a half shell, pivoted at each 
side, so as to revolve in the 
vase. (See Fig. 23.) This 
half shell is painted red in 
one vase and white in the 
other vase. There is a short 
pin soldered on the edge of 
shell, so that when you pass 
FIG. 23. your hand over the ball in 

the vase your hand catches on to pin, and you push shell 
down under ball in the vase, and take out the ball and pass 
for inspection. You can change it back by pulling shell back 
into place. 




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THE WONDERFUL VELVET BAG. 
A very handy piece ot apparatus for changing watches, 
rings, cards, slips of paper, handkerchiefs, etc., under the 

very eyes of the spec- 
tators, who place the 
respective articles into 
the bag themselves, the 
performer holding it by 
the extreme end of the 
handle. By looking at 
Fig. 24 you will notice 
that dotted lines run 
through the handle and 
around one side. They 
represent a wire, and 
FIG. 24. to the end of wire in 

handle a knob is fastened securely. A cloth is sewed to wire 
in bag, also around bottom part of bag and up to near top of 
bag. By turning knob you pass this cloth flap from one side 
to the other. The rest is easy. 

THEO, THE FLYING LADY. 
Effect. — The curtain goes up, and at the back of the 
stage is seen a half moon surrounded by stars. A lady now 
steps upon the stage attired in a bright Egyptian costume. 
After a beautiful smile and a salutation to the audience, she 
turns completely around and walks into the air from three to 
six feet from floor, depending on stage room, while suspended 
in the air without any visible support. Theo dresses as a 
soldier, goes through a drill, marches across the stage, and 
turns right and left. Next Theo dresses as a Spanish Girl, 
and as such dances a Spanish dance all over the stage while 
in midair. She next represents other beautiful tableaux. 
Theo next walks the ceiling, head downward, turns side, for- 
ward and back somersaults; in fact, Theo does every possible 
movement a person could make on the floor, more graceful 
in the air without any support. At last Theo descends, 
walks to the footlights, bows and retires. 



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--^^^n^"«" 




^^^^^^^ 









^lfMl9iv{"IiftNCtl 



V/AUY:\T^(^\I^THe j\'|l^ 



FIG. 25. 

Explanation. — The entire stage sides, back and floor, 
are draped in black. On curtain at the back of stage near 
the top is a half moon cut out of white cloth and sewed to 
the black curtain. A few white stars are also sewed around 
above the moon. These must be up very high, so that none 
of the apparatus will pass in front of them, as it would give 
the whole thing away. The apparatus is placed close to the 
back curtain, all being painted black and covered with the 



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kind of cloth curtains are made out of. The upright and 
arms are made of steel tubing, the braces are iron rods. 
There is a brace at the back and one at each side. They 
hook into upright and are fastened to floor with large screw 
eyes. See Fig. 26, which will explain all. The upright is 




FIG. 26. 
six feet six inches high. The arm is five feet, and belt 
holder and crank are six feet long. The arm and holder can 
be turned from side to side. The holder hangs to the arm by 
means of an iron swivel. The crank passes through steel 
tubing, and at opposite end from handle has a spring catch 
like on the handle of an umbrella. This catch fastens itself 
in a socket at back of belt, which the lady wears under her 



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costume. By looking over Fig. 26 you will see how the belt 
is constructed, one belt revolving inside of the other. The 
straps that hold belt to lady are attached to the inner belt. 
The assistant who manages the apparatus is dressed in black 
and wears a black mask also. Lady must be dressed in light 
costume, and when she comes out on stage she stands facing 
audience in the middle of cave. Assistant walks up behind 
her and connects rod to belt, then steps back to handle and 
moves her from one side to the other, backward and forward, 
and by turning crank turns her upside down and completely 
around. Of course all this requires some practice, and the 
lady must do her part in executing the different positions. 
The belt is made of steel and is a nice piece of work if made 
well, and I would advise you to obtain it from some dealer. 
Have lights arranged same as in Black Art. 

THE FISH POLE TRICK. 

The performer comes upon the stage with a regular fish- 
rod which he proceeds to put together and attaches to it the 
line and hook. Stepping close to the foot lights, then going 
through the regular proceeding of casting out and getting a 
bite, he pulls up the line and a gold fish is seen hooked. 
He removes it from the hook and deposits it in a transparent 
bowl of water. This is repeated several times and at the 
conclusion, the bov/1 with the live fish is given to the audi- 
ence for inspection. 

For this trick obtain an ordinary fishing rod and line. 
Also get a piece of brass tubing about nine inches long and 
1^4 inches in diameter, with three slots cut in it '*A" Fig. 27. 
Also have another piece of tubing to fit over '*A," with slots 
cut just the opposite way from ''A," see ''B" Fig. 27. These 
slots are large enough to place small gold fish in. Now 
when '*B" is fixed properly over "A," you can turn ''B" so 
as to close up the three slots, and by turning '*B" a little to 
the right lower slot is open, turn a little more and second 
slot is open, and so on to the third. There is a hook on end 
of line, and the bait is a piece of thin tubing i^ inches long 



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NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 



B 



vii}. 27. 



and ^8 of an inch in diam- 
eter, it has a fine wire ring 
soldered at one end to 
catch onto hook on line. 
At the other end of bait is 
fastened a thread 3 inches 
long, and to the end of 
thread is attached a piece 
of silk, cut and painted to 
represent a gold fish. This 
silk you roll up nicely and 
place in the bait. It is nec- 
essary to have a fake fish 
and bait for each live fish 
you desire to catch. Now 
have a bait box on your 
center table with these fake 
baits in. On a side table 
near front of stage have a 
glass bowl of water, and 
three live gold fish in the 
three compartments in *'A" 
on rod. It is well to have 
some wet green moss in 
these compartments so as 
to keep the fish alive. 
To introduce the trick, show 
hands empty, then take the 
fiishing pole and show same. 
Now take one of the baits 



from bait box and place on hook, wave pole and line from 
side to side, then give it a quick jerk and the fake fish falls 
out of bait and dangles at end of line. In the mean time 
turn '*B*' on rod and get fish in your hand, take fish off of 
line and drop the real fish in bowl of water, and drop palmed 
fake fish in bait box as you go to take out another bait, and 
continue in this way until you have produced the three fish. 



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Some performers do away with the fake on end of rod, and 
use a rubber pocket w^ith a little water in it, but I much pre- 
fcr the fake on handle. 

THE ARTISTES DREAM, 
A large frame with a curtain in front sets on a three step 
platform on the stage, Artist pushes aside the curtain and 
removes canvas with picture of lady on it from back of the 
frame, turns canvas around and so shows that no one is con- 
cealed anywhere about frame. The canvas with picture oi 




FIG. 28. 



3^ NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 

lady on. is then replaced in the frame, curtain drawn in front 
•of frame and the iVrtist seats himself on a chair and appar- 
-eatiy goes to sleep and dreams that the picture came to life. 
Wkile in pretended dream curtain raises a little from one 
side and a living lady steps from the frame. Artist awakens 
:and sees her. She then goes back in the frame. Artist 
says: "Has my model come to life, or have I dream't it." He 
goes to the frame and raises the curtain, and there finds only 
Jiis painted canvas. 

^'^Ixplanation : — The canvas with painting on is on a 
liiea^vy stretcher. This canvas works on a spring roller, (4 
in Fig. 28), on the top of stretcher. It works the same as 
^he curtain slide in a watch frame. On back of stretcher at 
each-side is a handle(6 in Fig, 28) apparently for Artist to lift 
canves omt of frame, but it fills also another purpose which 
E^v^ill c^scplain later on. There are two wires fastened to top 
ffif stretcher, which run up into flies and oft to the assistant 
in wings. When these wires are slack, they don't prevent 
eft rtist from turning the canvas so as to show the back. The 
franfi.e is also swung all around to show that no one is con- 
cealed behind it. After showing frame and back and front 
caavas, Artist sets canvas back into frame. When the can- 
<yas stands in position to replace in frame, lady comes up 
through trap 3, behind canvas (which conceals the move), 
takes one of the handles (refered to above) in each hand 
and places her feet on the stretcher, which projects enough 
"to get a passable footing, (this part is to be accomplished 
^quickly), Artist raises canvas back into frame. The wires 
attached to top of stretcher are pulled by assistant to make 
f'iifting of canvas with lady on easy enough. Now, all lady 
*«iias to do, is to unfasten the curtain or canvas, and let it slide 
'^p in top of stretcher onto spring roller. She now steps out 
on stage from under curtain that hangs in front of frame. 
Then after she goes back she lowers canvas and hooks it. 
T*hen the front curtain if pushed aside by Artist and the 
tady is^one and only the painting of her is seen on canvas. 



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THE HANDKERCHIEF CASSETTE. 

This is a handsome nickeled tube with two small lids, all 
of which are thoroughly examined. Into the tube are 
placed one or more silk handkerchiefs, after which the lids 





FIG. 29. 

are put on the tube and the later is then given to some one 
to hold. At the conjurer's command the handkerchiefs are 
found elsewhere. The person holding the tube opens it, ex- 
amines it and finds it entirely empty. 

Secret: — By looking over Fig. 29, you will see the re- 
quired apparatus. The tube is 3 inches long, with a cap to 
fit each end is required, there is also an inner tube 2 inches 
long which slides freely, is made in shape of a cone, one cap 



;^S NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 

is double having an inner cap in which is stuck a small piece 
of a handkerchief, same color as the one to be used in the 
trick, the tube is shown empty, then the inner tube is at- 
tached to a string which passes up left sleeve to right side of 
coat,' over shoulders with a loop at the end, now place hand- 
kerchief in tube pushing it well in inner tube w^hich is held 
in place by the little finger, place double cap on top, then 
get loop w^ith right hand and pull inner tube up sleeve, 
place cap on bottom then remove top cap to show handker- 
chief is still there, leaving fake cap on top, to do so, place 
cap on and give to some one to hold, producing h<indker- 
chief in any way you desire, then remove cap and show 
tube empty. 

NEW HINDOO WANDS AND CORD. 

Performer holds two black wands, a piece of string hangs 
from one end of each, one short the other long. Wands are 
held with bottoms together, attention is called to length of 
each string. You then catch hold of short cord and pull it, 
when it grows longer, the other cord growing shorter in 
proportion. You now place one wand on your table, hold- 
ing the other at arms length, when the cords are seen to 
grow and diminish as when held together. 



[^ 



FIG. 30. 
Secret:--Two hollow tubes 12 inches long made of hard 
rubber. Inside of each is a two inch brass tube filled with 
lead (see Fig. 30) to make a heavy weight. A hole bored 
in the top through which runs a cord one end attached to the 
weight, on the other end a weighted tassel, by tipping the 
wand up or down the string will run in or out. 



NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 39 



HOW THE '* THREE SVENGALIS " HAVE MYSTI- 
FIED THE PUBLIC OF TWO CONTINENTS. 



THEIR ASTONISHING *'MIND READING" FEATS ON A NEW 
YORK ROOF GARDEN EXPLAINED. 

*'Two persons (lady and gentleman) are on the stage, 
with their backs toward the audience. A third one goes into 
the auditorium, with his back toward the stage to receive 
the wishes of the audience. If the name of any international 
celebrity is whispered to him, with lightning rapidity the 
thought is transmitted. The gentleman on the stage turns 
around immediately and appears in features, bearing and 
dress, as the desired personage — with wonderfully startling 
resemblance. 

**One can likewise whisper to the gentleman in the audi- 
torium the name of an international opera, operetta, or song. 
The thought flies like lightning, and the lady sings what is 
wanted, instantly, occompanying herself on the piano." 

This is what Mr. Hammerstein's imported 'mind-readers' 
the Svengalis, did last summer at the Paradise Roof Garden, 
New York. It was the talk of the town. Were a Hindoo 
juggler, fresh from Calcutta, to toss the Fifth Avenue Hotel 
a mile high into the air and keep it dancing on the tip of an 
imaginary wand, it would hardly seem more wonderful to the 
average theatre-goer than this mind-reading feat — a young 
lady on the stage, her back to the audience, instantly play- 
ing the music the name of which you have just whispered to 
Svengali, still at your side ; he asking you if it is correct, 
and you telling the audience, '* Yes, perfectly correct, — 
wonderful ! " Then you go home ready to believe in Spirit- 
ualism, Robinson Crusoe, Jonah and the whale, and all the 
other things you have doubted for years. 

Others have the same experience. They whisper of 
Lincoln, Victor Hugo, Bismarck, Wagner, Grant, Kruger, 
Dewey and twenty more famous men. Still others name 
opera airs, grand marches, symphonies, and before the scent 



40 NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 



of Kentucky mint leaves their breath the whispered name is 
repeated on the stage, and the girl at the piano begins the 
music mentioned to the man Svengali at your elbow. 

HOW THE TRICKS ARE DONE. 

The chief thing is a perfect performance. Art must con- 
ceal the art. Long practice is required to make the tricks so 
simple that every eye is deceived. 

When the curtain rises the master of ceremonies, well 
dressed, with a modest flower in his buttonhole, walks to the 
front of the stage with the confidence that inspires confidence 
and in a pleasing voice begins : '^ Ladies and Gentlemen — I 
have the pleasure of introducing to you, etc., etc. I will call 
your attention to the fact that the audience must confine 
their whispered wishes to international celebrities, names of 
well-known personages, songs and operas of international 
fame," etc. 

This limitation of choice is the key to the performance. 
The performers have lists of these ''international celebrities," 
rulers, statesmen, diplomats, great writers, and musical 
composers; songs of world-wide reputation, popular selec- 
tions from the operas, etc. And the secret of the evening is 
that all these carefully selected names, titles, etc., are num- 
bered, as in the following examples: — 





STATESMEN AND RULERS. 




OPERAS. 


1 


Bismarck. 


1 


Faust. 


2 


King Humbert of Italy. 


2 


Lohengrin. 


3 


Napoleon Bonaparte. 


3 


Bohemian (lirl. 


4 


King Edward VII. 


4 


Lucia di Lammermoor. 


5 


Paul Kruger. 


5 


Carmen. 


120 


Lincoln. 


120 


Trovatore. 




POPULAR SON(;S. 




GRKAT WRITFRS. 


1 


Home, Sweet Home. 


1 


Thackeray. 


2 


Last Rose of Summer. 


2 


Victor Hugo. 


3 


Marseillaise. 


3 


Dickens. 


4 


The Jewel Song in ''Faust." 


4 


George Eliot. 


5 


Walter's Prize Song. 


5 


Shakespeare. 


101 


Comin' Thro' the Rye. 


101 


Dante. 



NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 4* 

HOW THE S-IGNALS ARE CONCEALED. 

The manager reiterates that if only names of international 
reputation are given the responses will be correct nine hvtn- 
dred aud ninety-nine times in a thousand. Then he des'censd* 
from the stage, and smiling right and left, inclines his eai t-o 
catch the whispered wishes as he moves slowly up the aisle^. 
generally with his back to the stage An auditor whimpers 
to him, **Bismarck." 

Herr Svengali, gesticulating freely but naturally, press- 
ing his eyes with his fingers for an instant as if going intc? 
a momentary trance — only a second or two, just enough tO' 
impress the audience — then thrusts a hand into the air, wipes 
the moisture from his face with his handkerchief or leans to- 
ward a spectator, seeking his attention, when a voice fronii 
the stage says, **Bismarck." 

''Right," responds the man who whispered that illustri- 
ous name. Then there is a craning of necks and a crushing 
of programmes, all eyes fixed on the stage, where the im-- 
personator, standing before a cabinet of costume pigeon- 
holes, with the aid of an assistant, has donned a wig and) 
uniform in his lightning change and whirls around disguisecB 
as Bismarck, while the girl at the piano plays ''The Watch on? 
the Rhine." It is all the work of a few seconds and makes 
a great impression upon the spectator. 

The next man calls for an opera air, "Bohemian Girl,'"' 
and the piano plays '* I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble: 
Halls," etc. Another man suggests the magic name of Sheri- 
dan. It is echoed aloud from the stage, while the audience 
applauds and the girl plays "The Star Spangled Banner.'"' 

The few experts present pay little attention to the stage.. 
Their eyes are fixed on the man Svengali in the aisle, noting 
every move he makes. It is observed that his numerous ges- 
tures, his frequent use of his handkerchief, the pressure of 
his fingers on his eyes, as if to hypnotize his assistants on 
the stage, are natural movements, attracting no attention,, 
yet necessary to hide the vital signals in the cipher code of 
the show. 



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In the programmes and show-bills it is emphasized that 
the lady and gentleman on the stage have their backs to the 
audience, while Svengali down in the aisle has his back to 
the stage, making collusion apparently impossible. This 
makes a profound impression on the public. 

A CONFEDERATE BEHIND A SCREEN. 

But not a word is said of that curious-looking screen 
panel, bearing a double-headed eagle — the Austrian coat- 
of-arms — surmounting the large cabinet of costumes occupy- 
ing so much space on the stage. The programme does not 
<cxplain that this screen panel is transparent from behind, 
and that an accomplice with a strong magnifying lense reads 
every move made by Svengali ; and not a word is said of the 
other man in the gallery, w^ho faces Svengali and repeats his 
signals to the man behind the transparent coat-of-arms bear- 
ing the imperial eagle of Austria, who directs the pretty girl 
at the piano and the impersonator at the cabinet. 

There are twenty variations of the trick. In case one is 
exposed there are nineteen others to fall back on. There is 
wireless telegraphy; the hidden camera that commands the 
house; a little silken thread running from the man in the gal- 
lery to the little spring trigger under the perforated shoe of 
the girl at the piano, held high above the audience by the 
big chandelier or a pendant from the ceiling. This invisible 
Sfilk thread is worked by the man in the gallery repeating 
the signals by a tick-tack code, giving the numbers to the 
pianist on the stage. Then there is the telegraph wire, laid 
down along the aisle or to the gallery, the signal being given 
with the foot so deftly that the man at the operator's elbow, 
his eyes glued to the stage, knows nothing of it. 

In the present performance by the Svengalis the key sig- 
nals, so few and simple as to be unobserved by a majority of 
the spectators, tell the chief operator, concealed behind the 
transparent screen on the stage, what has been whispered, as 
clearly as if the words were shouted through a megaphone. 



NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 43 



THE SYSTEMS EXPLAINED. 

Here is an example of how the figure system can oe 
worked. As explained above, the famous personages, popu- 
lar songs and operas are on numbered lists. Svengali in the 
aisle, with his code of signals, but all these numbers com- 
mitted to memory. 

When a spectator whispers ''Dickens" Svengali knows 
it is No. 4, and he signals accordingly. 

But how ? 

By touching his head, chin or breast, or that particular 
part of his body designated in the signal code of the Svengali 
Company. The system of communication by numbers, nine 
figures and a cipher (o) , by which all the wealth of the world 
maybe measured, and any number of words may be commun- 
icated without a word of speech. One has but to map out a 
square on his face, breast or body and number it with these 
nine figures, with an extra space for the cipher, to be ready 
for the Svengali business. That is, when he has memorized 
the names and the numbers representing them. 

Say the human head is used for this purpose. Imagine 
the top of the head, right hand side, as No. i, the right ear as 
No. 2, the jaw as No. 3, and the neck as the cipher; the fore- 
head No. 4, the nose No. 5, the chin No. 6, the top of the head 
on the left side as No. 7» the left ear No. 8, and the left side 
of the jaw No. 9. 

Thus you have the code system by which operators can 
communicate volumes by using a codified list of numbered 
words or sentences. 

If you label the Lord's Prayer No. 4, and the Declaration 
of Independence No. 5» Y^^ may instantly telegraph the 
mighty literature through wireless space — enough literature to 
save all Europe from anarchy — by two natural movements of 
the hand. 

You can label your eyes, your movements, or even your 
glances, making them take the places of nine omnipotent 
numbers. Glance upward to the right for No. i straight up- 
ward for No. 2, and upward to the left for No. 3. Repeating, 



44 NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 



glance horizontally for Nos. 4, 5 ann 6. Repeating the same 
glance downward for Nx)S. 7? 8 and 9, and stroke your chin 
for the cipher (o). 

With your back to the audience, you can telegraph in a 
similiar way, using your arm and elbow to make the necessary 
signals. Let the right arm, hanging dowm, represent No. i; 
the elbow projecting from the side. No. 2; elbow^ raised No. 3. 
Repeat with the left arm for Nos. 4, 5 and 6; with eitherhand 
placed naturally behind you, on the small of the back, above 
the belt, and over your shoulder, for Nos. 7, 8 and 9, and on 
the back of your head or neck for the cipher(o). 
ANY ONE CAN DO IT. 

Wondeful is the power of numbers — all the great libraries 
of statistics and tabulatsd statements are the magic manipu- 
lation of nine little figures and a lonely cipher. 

But it may be asked, howdoes Svengali, or his confederates 
rather, know which list the names are to be found in? That 

That is easy to answer. A seperate signal designates it. 
When the Svengali shot his hand into the air, two finger were 
displayed, meaning list No. 2 — the list containingthe operas. 
Each signal tells the story, tells the confederate on the stage 
exactly what to do, and so the performance proceeds, as won- 
derful to the spectators as if the spirits of the other world w^ere 
in control of the show and could produce Caesar or Cleopatra 
in the flesh, bones and blood. 

In all these spooky exhibitions the particularly wise rran 
in the audience who was the wonder of fond parents in his 
boyhood sees everything but how the trick is performed. 

Even experts are now and then deceived by some feat of 
legerdemain by a new magician. Two professors of the art 
were discussing new tricks in a friendly way, when one of 
them said: — *'Have you seen the latest? Here is a poker deck. 
Select any card you please." 

The friend drew the queen of hearts. *'Now write a line 
to my wife at the Waldorf, asking her what card you have 
drawn." The friend wrote the note, handed it to the magic- 
ian, sealed, and asked if the address was correct. The wiz- 



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ard barely took the envelope in his hand, handed it back, and 
a messenger boy carried it to the lady at the Waldorf, imme- 
diately returning with the answer: — ''You drew the queen of 
hearts from my husband's pack," The friend was astounded. 
This is a trick to be done in newspaper office, or Hotel 
office etc. Prof. Kellar worked this to good advantage a few- 
years back. Here is the explanation. There are four suits 
viz: Hearts, Clubs, Spades and Diamonds. Each of these 
commence with a different letter viz; H, for Hearts, C, for 
Clubs, S, for Spades and D, for Diamonds. Performer watches 
party as he starts to write name on card. Suppose for instance 
it is the five of spades, as soon as he sees the number 5 writ- 
ten down, he watches to see what the suit will be, this he 
knows the moment he sees the first letter put down, as soon 
as he sees the S, he knows it is spades, and turns his back or 
avoids watching person finishing the writing. The informa- 
tion of what the card is, is given to the assistant by the pres- 
ence of two finger nail marks on the envelope, one on the 
front and one on the back. The front is then divided into 12 



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FIG. 31. 



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imaginary spaces. The back at one end into 3 spaces for 
Hearts, Spades and Diamonds, if the card is a club no mark 
is necessary, (see fig. 31.) same as for a Jack there is no 
mark. There being 12 marks, 10 for the number or spot cards 
and one each for the King and Queen. The card was 5 ot 
spades. The performer picks up an envelope while name of 
card is being written, and marks it with his nail and hands 
envelope for note to be enclosed in it, or he can mark envelope 
after note has been enclosed and envelope addressed, under 
pretex to see if it has been addressed correctly. If it is re- 
quired to repeat the test, Performer can vary by addressing 
envelope himself and doing away with the nail marks, in the 
following m inner: take the first 13 letters of the alphabet as 
represent! ves of the 13 cards in a suit, and use the letters as 
initials to the name of the person, so as to get the number of 
the card. 

MRS. H. SHAW, 

Grand Opera House. 

Tnis address would mean 8(H) of Diamonds. The first 
letter of address coming under third letter of name. First 
letter of name means Hearts, second letter Spades, third bet- 
ter Diamonds, fourth letter Clubs. Thus you can get either 
of the suits. 

Another way is to give your friend the number of a room, 
say 22, which is incorrect, it being the number of the card 
drawn. "I made a mistake," you say; **the number should 
be 42." The 22 is cancelled; the right number (42) substi- 
tuted. The lady, seeing the number cancelled by a stroke of 
the pen, knows it is the number of the card. 

Still another method is to let the false room number stand, 
as the hotel clerk will send the note to the lady regardless of 
the error, and by this false number on the envelope, supposed 
to represent the room, the lady will know what card the friend 
has drawn. How simple are the tricks that mystify the wise 
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RED, WHITE AND BLUE SEPERATION OF LIQUIDS. 
The performer shows a high crystal cylinder with glaVs 
base and three glasses. One glass contains a red liquid, the 
other a white, and the third one a blue liquid. The contents 
of the three glasses are poured one after the other into the 
crystal cylinder, which is covered with an open paper tube 
and the liquids quite filling the cylinder all turn to white, 
The paper tube is replaced on the cylinder, the v\ hite liquid is 
stirred with a transparent glass rod and a wonderful change 
takes place. The liquids seperate and are floating one over 
the other, each color quite distinctly seperated. 





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FIGURE 32. 



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For this trick you have a crystal cyh'nder eight inches 
high. See '"A" in Figure 32. ''B" is a celluloid tube to 
fit over "A" and in "C/' which is a paper tube or cover, also 
have a glass hollow rod, and ordinary glasses. The cellu- 
loid tube is colored blue one-third the way up, and the top 
of tube is colored red, leaving the center clear. First glass 
contains Permaugante of Potaiaand water (red); second glass 
contains water, third glass contains Bi-Sulphide of Soda 
(blue). The glass rod contains oxalic _acid. Pour three 
glasses of liquids in the cylinder, cover with paper tube and 
stir with glass rod, remove cover and liquid will be white. 
Place cover on again and leave celluloid tube on glass cylin- 
der, removing cover. The liquids will look as if separated, 
being red, white and blue. 

THE FLYING LAMP TRICK. 

The performer introduces a handsome burning lamp 
with porcelain shade and passes it for inspection, to prove 
that the lamp is an unprepared one. He then places the lamp 
on a slender table with a glass top and places a veil over 
the upper part of the lamp. He next calls attention to a 
gold frame suspended in mid-air and seizing a pistol fires at 
the lamp, which instantly and in full view of the audience 
disappears as quick as a flash and in the next moment is seen 
to visibly appear on a small ledge attached to the suspended 
frame. It is taken down from there and immediately ofi"ered 
again for inspection. The effect of a real burning lamp dis- 
appearing belore everyone's eyes and visibly appearing else- 
where, is quite mystifying to an audience. 

Having seen several performers introduce this triek, each 
having his own way, while the construction of the apparatus 
in each case was similar. I will now explain the very latest 
improved style of apparatus used in this trick. You have 
one brass lamp similar to that on table in Figure 33. You 
also have a fancy frame about 28 inches high and 20 inches 
wide. The back of this frame revolves on two pivots, one at 
top and one at bottom of frame. The top pivot works in a 



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coil spring. See "D" in figure 35, which is back of frame 
There is a spring lock on frame near bottom, and a smal 





FIGURE 34. 

ledge on each side of back. Both sides being finished alike. 
The back ledge has a hole in it for fake lamp to sit in, while 
on the front ledge there are three small thin brass buttons 



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painted like ledge, to hold the real lamp on. To set frame 
for the trick turn the back around about four times. The 






FIGURE 35. 

spring lock will hold it in place. Now if you was to pull 
string attached to lock, the back will revolve once, as the 
back comes around to the front it locks itself. The fake 
lamp (Fig. 36) is placed on back ledge, with the wires all 
out of slots and a veil over it. The top part of fake lamp is 
celluloid, and the veil has a small hole in center of it to pass 
top of fake lamp through. I might mention here that the 
real lamp is- a sort of student lamp with a very narrow chim- 
ney. Must be as near as possible in diameter as to that of 



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top of fake lamp. The table is 
of same pattern as the table ustd 
for the Crystal Decanter and 
handkerchiefs. The upright is a 
little larger in diameter, and has 
a rubber plug seeurely fastened 
at bottom, and a hole near top 
(''E," in Fig. 36) for a small 
steel pin to pass in and hold fake 
*'D" in place, which is to hold 
fake lamp straight when you 
place it on table. **C-C" is the 
glass top. x\. A, A, A, are 
wires, there are eight in all and 
they are used to hold up the veil, 
which gives the appearance of 
real lamp. B, K, B, are slots,, 
there are eight of them, one for 
each wire. The wires are hinged 
on the inside of fake lamp. This 
lamp is only a piece of brass tub- 
ing, weighted withlead atbottom^ 
anda piece of celluloid is fastened 
to top of lamp. 

Of course you have two light 
veils, one to place over the real 
lamp and one over the wires on- 
fake lamp. The way the trick is 
generally introduced is as follows: 
The table with lamp on is in cen- 
ter of stage. The frame is 
suspended well back, a little to 
one side. A chair is placed near 
frame. While performer is talk- 
ing to the audience, assistant 
takes lamp from table and places 
it on ledge of frame, then takes a. 
newspaper and seats himself in* 
chair alongside of frame and pre- 
tends to be reading. Performer 
turns around, and seeing lamp 



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:gone from table, walks over to frame and gets lamp, places 
it on table, blows it out and places veil over it, and starts 
stalking to audience again. Assistant takes lamp again and 
places it on ledge of frame, and holding paper in front of 
•same, as if looking to see if lamp is out. He pulls string, 
and back of frame revolves around, and of course fake lamp 
is now in front of frame. Performer walks over and takcD 
lamp (while assistant is seated in chair) and places it on 
table, and taking pistol fires at lamp. It vanishes, at same 
time assistant with paper stretched out looks for lamp on 
ledge, and as performer fires pistol, assistant pulls string in 
frame and real lamp is again in front of frame. This all 
.must be worked neatly and quickly, in fact a good deal de- 
pends on the assistant playing his part well. 

The trick is also performed in Europe by several per- 
formers, in the followng manner: A small table with no 
-covering is placed on the stage; on table near the side is 
placed an ordinary lighted lamp. The performer, before 
•entering for the trick, puts on a special coat, similar to the 
one he has been wearing, in appearance, but the coat has an 
extra opening in the back, for the right arm to go through, 
^nd to be kept out of sight and close to his back. In ^he 
Tight sleeve there is arranged an extra or false arm, so when 
the performer raises his left arm, the false one raises. Per- 
former enters carrying in the false hand a large handkerchief 
with arm at his side. As he advances to the table, he lifts 
his left arm, and by doing so, the false arm is also raised at 
the same angle as the left arm. He now takes hold of the 
Siandkerchief with the left hand, and spreads it in front of the 
lamp, the false arm still retaining hold of the handkerchief. 
Ut gives the appearance as if both of the artists hands were 
/holding the handkerchief, and with this effect, he has free use 
of his right arm, with which he takes the lamp from the 
"Stable, and holds it behind his back, first blowing the light 
out, with the use of a rubber bulb or ball, and while holding 
the lamp behind him, he bows oft' the stage. 

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concealed in an ordinary handkerchief, also an extension 
rod like the extending cane. The rod is fastened to one end 
of the handkerchief, and the Angers are also fastened to one 
end of the rod, all concealed in the folds of the handkerchief. 
Artist advances with handkerchief in left hand and holding 
one end of the rod also with left hand. Artist takes hold of 
other end of extension rod and fingers, which show above 
the rod and look as if they were the real fingers holding the 
handkerchief. With both hands he draws the rod out full 
length, and holding it with left hand, he has the right hand 
free to work undercover of the handkerchief. I like this 
idea. 

NEW PRODUCTION OF A FLAG. 

Performer passes for examinaton a nickel-plated tube 
and two bands, also two small pieces of tissue paper. Then 
he has one of the company place a piece of the tissue paper 
over one end of the tube and place one of the bands over, to 
hold paper in place. Party looks into tube and finds it 
empty, then places the other piece of paper and band over 
open end of tube, and passes tube to performer, who breaks 
the paper at one end and produces a silk flag from the tube. 

Secret. There are five pieces to this apparatus. The 
tube A, in Fig. 37, is five inches high and one and one- fourth 
inches in diameter, with a wire soldered three-fourths of an 
inch trom each end. B is a band, there are two of them, one 
for each end of tube. They fit loosely. On the inside of 
tube, about one and one-half inches from each end, is soldered 
a wire. These wires are to keep fake D from going down 
too far. When fake D is placed in end of tube it must be 
just flush with end of tube. This fake D has an opening at 
one side. Band C fits over opened end D. A sharp pin is 
soldered on top of D. This is to break paper over end of 
tube. Take this fake D and place a piece of tissue paper 
over it, than place band on, and stuff" a flag in fake through 
hole at side, and vest same. Now, after spectator examined 
tube and placed a piece of tissue paper and band over each 



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end, performer takes tube with left hand, and in the mean- 
time has palmed the fake from under vest. Bringing right 

hand up to tube he 
places it quicky over 
tube shoving fake into 
tube. He can show 
both ends to be covered 
with paper, as the paper 
over fake is the same - 
color as over tube. 
Performer now breaks 
paper in fake and pro- 
duces flag, and lays 
tube on table 

NEW COLOR 
CHANGING PLUME 
From a borrow^ed 
handkerchief the artist 
produces a handsome 
red plume, which he 
then passes through a 
paper cylinder made in 
the presence of the 
company. In passing 
through this cylinder 
the plume changes its 
color, turning from a 
red plume to a white 
one. This white plume 
is then inserted in the 
upper end of the cylin- 
der and comes out blue 
this time. The blue 
¥Uj. 37. plume ispassedthrough 

the cylinder and this time changes back into the original red 
color. The paper is then unrolled and shown to be empty. 




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While this is a very pretty trick, it is quite simple in con- 
struction. Out of heavy paper make a cone 12 inches long, 
one inch in diameter at bottom and two inches at the top. 
Run a piece of card board from the top of cone to within four 
inches of bottom, pasting same in nicely, right in the center, 
making two compartments, now glue red feathers nicely all 
over the outside of cone, then make a blue plume also a white 
plume and place one in each of the compartments, taking 
care that they cannot be seen, you are now ready for the trick. 
Produce the red plume from a handkerchief, by having the 
plume up your sleeve. Then taking a sheet of paper make 
it into a cyliiiider, and place red plume in it and pull out the 
white plume, then place white back in its compartment and 
pull out the blue plume, place it back in its compartment, 
pull out the red plume, unroll paper and show empty. This 
trick is good in conection with the chameleon handkerchiefs, 
as described on page 23 in ''Magic up To Date." 

WINE, RIBBONS AND FIRE WORKS. 
This is quite a pretty trick. Have a tin tube divided into 
five divisions, and in each division have a different colored 
Ribbon, this tube fits neatly in the neck of an ordinary quart 
bottle, which contains wine. Have tube palmed, pour wine 
from the bottle and then secretly introduce the palmed tube 
into neck of bottle and pull out the different ribbons, and 
then palm tube off and pour out more wine. Now insert 
second tube in the neck of bottle. This second tube is 
charged with the following: one part meal powder, three 
parts finely pulverized charcoal, on top of these, place five 
parts crushed loaf sugar, and seven parts chloride of potash. 
Now take your wand which has been dipped in sulphuric 
acid. Touch it to the composition in the tube and you have 
fire works. 

SPIRIT CHALK MARKS. 

With a piece of chalk put 3 marks on any table then show 
palms of both hands that they are clean now say you are 
about to drive the chalk marks through the table onto the 



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palm of your left hand show both hands once more and also 
ask them to look and see there are no marks under table now 
place left hand under table with open palm strike on the 
3 chalk marks on table bring up left hand from under table 
and show the three marks there, you can repeat it 3 or 4 times 
in sucession, if you like each time wiping hands clean and 
letting audience look under table to see there are no chalk 
marks there, explanation. 

With a small piece of fine sand paper run cross-ways over 
your nails of left hand that is first second and third fingers 
now with chalk put a line lengthwise on each nail as you 
place left hand under table close it tight and the three lines 
will impress on palm of same bring hand up from under table 
and show the marks. 

THE GUILLOTINE MYSTERY. 
Upon the stage is seen a frame containing a large knife. 
The performer comes forward with a lady, and accuses her of 
some supposed crime, and asks her if she is ready to die, she 
answ^ers I am. Performer then tells her to go back of the 
frame and place her head under the knife, when he lets the 




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knife drop and cuts her head off which he catches in a basket, 
and places same in a large urn and burns it to ashes. Th€i>. 
placing the ashes in a small vase in front of the frame anA 
lights it with a match, when there is a puff of smoke, wherri 
the smoke has subsided the lady is seen standing behind the 
frame restored. 

Explanation: When lady goes behind the frame and) 
places her head under the knife, the performer tells her tc 
raise her head a little till he places a handkerchief under her 
throat. He then raises up the curtain in front of frame ta^- 
show there is nothing concealed underneath, \\hile he is hold- 
ing curtain up see fig. 38 the lady takes her head aw^ay and^ 
places a false head and shoulders there, which resembles the- 
lady herself, when performer drops the curtain everything 
appears as at first, but it is the false head and shoulders that 
is there. The lady being hid behind the frame woik andi 
second curtain, when every thing is ready it looks like the 
first illustration in fig. 38. Performer takes a basket and places- 
it under the head, then unfastens the rope at side of frame 
and lets knife drop and false head falls into the basket. Knife 
is then raised and things appear as in last illustration, fig. 38.- 
Performer then takes the head and puts it in a large urn,, 
which has two compartments, one for the head, the other con- 
tains some paper which the performer lights w^ith a match,, 
and pretends he is burning the head. When the paper is all 
consumed, he places the ashes in a small brass vase and^ 
places vase in front of the headless body on the floor, perfor- 
mer secretly places a little gun powder in vase and lights same 
which causes a big puff of smoke, when the smoke passes 
away the lady is seen standing back of lower part of frame 
work, she having pulled away the false shoulders, under 
cover of smoke. 

INDIAN BOX MYSTERY. 

This box can be used for one or two people. If used for one 
person. After performer escapes from sack he is then found 
in box which is locked and bound with rope. By looking at 



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fig. 39, you will see 
at a glance the secret 
of the box, with slid- 
ing panel. After the 
performer gets into 
the box he slides 
panel back in place 
FIG. 39. again, from the in- 

side. The boards are tongued and grooved and made to 
•slide easly, but stifif enough to stay in place, up the front, 
back and bottom of box at comers is a two inch band of iron 
to hold box together and make it strong for traveling. The 
slide can either be in front or at back of box. 

HINDOO BOX MYSTERY. 
This box is made with the lower panel to go in side of 
box see A. fig. 40, There are three hard wood pegs in the 
•edge of lower panel which fit into three holes in bottom of 



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IK 



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B 



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FIG. 40. 
l30x see B. fig. 40. But when catches are released and panel 
ts pushed in the pegs work out easy. These pegs are about 
half an inch long and half an inch wide, C. fig. 40. shows peg. 
Panel is held in place by two bolts at each end of the lower 



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part of upper panel see D. fig. 40. as shown by dotted lines, 
the heads on bolts must be square, so as they can be turned 
with a small wrench and the bolt must be made like E. fig. 40 
and the nut clinched so it will not turn on bolt, but will turn 
bolt, when performer gets in box he turns bolt heads so the 
catch is raised out of lower panel into uper panel. Then lifting 
panel out, gets out of box , replaces panel in box and turns 
nuts so catches goes back in lower panel of course you can 
either get in or out of this. It is a very good idea if made 

well. 

THE PILLORY MYSTERY. 

This incomprehensible illusion, a fac-similc of the stocks, 
an instrument of punishment used in the seventeenth century, 
comprises an upright pillar with cross-beams. The engrav- 
ing is a faithful representation of the feat as it appears on the 
u^i^ I i.<;ti i stage — is well adapted 

to serve as the nuclus 
.of the Night's Won- 
ders, or for a Spiritual 
Seance, and may be 
manipulated in twenty 
or more different ways. 
The whole of the ap- 
paratus having been 
freely examined by 
the audience, a person 
is placed in position, 
as shown in the en- 
graving, held prisoner 
for the time being, 
and secured by a pad- 
lock, and locked by 
one of the audience. 
(Padlock also examin- 
ed.) Screens are then 
^^^- 4^- placed in front of the 

Pillory, removed at the expiration of one minutes, when the 




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person will be found perfectly free, the Pillory empty, and 
the padlock secure as at first. 

The main secret of this pillory consists in having a faked 
hasp which opens with a wire that you conceal in your mouth. 
To prepare hasp take out the bolt in hinge and cut it into 



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FIG. 42. 
see A. fig. 42. Then inside of the ring flange of hasp insert 
a flat spring. This spring runs across longitudinlly. Next 
take the short piece of bolt and solder it in end of hinge, 
then take the long piece of bolt and pile a groove all around 
it see B. fig. 41 of course the end of spring must just reach 
the groove in bolt. Next make a pin hole at edge of flange 
so that a pin can be run under spring to raise it out of groove 
so the bolt can be pulled out, and the rest is plain. 

An improved method, of the above is as follows: Which 
can be worked in hasp or hinge. The small piece of bolt 
fits in top part of hinge tightly, when hinge is put together, 
the long piece of bolt screws into the short piece of bolt, as 
they both are threaded see C. fig. 42. In the head of bolt 
is two small holes or a slot will do, you have a little key 
made to fit the holes (see D. in fig 41.) so you can unscrew 
bolt, in the hinge, and take it out and replace it. Tnis is 
worked on back of pillory aw^ay from audience and every- 
thing is painted black, of course left hand hole in pillory is 
made so you can draw your hand out, which is never noticed 



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as yoar left hand is most generally a little smaller than you 
right. 

Third method is as follows: G. fig. 43 is a staple which 
is supposed to be screwed on end of pillory. E. is back of 
staple, the projecting side pieces are hard w^ood, to screw 








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Q 










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FIG. 43. 
plate of staple on. Attached to the spring is a catch, as in 
door lock, you will notice a black dot on sliding catch it is a 
small hole, end of pillory is mortised out and E. plate is 
screwed on back of mortise, F. fig 42 which shows staple and 
lock complete now^ to open pillory, take a little wire and push 
, it in hole in side of pillory where it strikes hole in catch 
(dot in illustration E. fig. 43) which will push catch back 
and let staple come out, of course you pull your hand out of 
pillory. The hand cuffs coming ofT first, you must have a 
pair of ratchet hand cuffs, which you open with a small piece 
of watch spring concealed in your mouth, you can get your 
left hand to your mouth, getting spring from between your 
teeth, then push spring in along side of ratchet, at top open 
cufifs and draw hand out, and open pillory, and finish., you 
can also use a duplicated key for cuffs, if you dont have key 
hole sealed up. 

WONDERFUL TALKING HEAD. 
This illusion is good for store room show or museum. 
Have a frame made any style you wish, with part of one up- 
right and lower cross piece hollow, see dotted lines, fig. 44. 
The head is of wax and suspended about three inches above 



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lower cross piece. 

A 



This cross piece 

: f) 




9 




has a two inch hole in it 
right under head, for 
the sound to come out of 
this cross piece is cover 
ed with a piece of thin 
cloth, so the audience 
cant see the hole. From 
this hollow upright runs 
a rubber tube off to as- 
sistant under floor, or 
back of wall, out of 
sight. The performer 
calls attention to the 
head and asks the head 
several questions which 
it answers, The assis- 
tant under floor does 
the talking in tube. 
The performer must 
talk loud so that the as- 

: ' sistant can hear him, 

v"- the audience must not 

Fic;. 44. stand to close to head. 

FIN DE SIECLE GLASS AND HAT. 

An unprepared glass is inspected and after being marked 
for the purpose of identification, is filled with water and 
placed on a slender glass top table and covered over with a 
small silk handkerchief A borrowed hat is then placed on 
the glass of water and the performer commands the glass of 
water and the handkerchief to pass upwards through the 
crown of the borrowed hat, which command is instantly obey- 
ed, although the performer is at some distance from the table. 
The glass and handkerchief are seen to gradually pass into 
the hat, and are immediateby taken out and passed for 
through inspection. 

The table is the same as used for the flying lamp, working 
up and down in the upright of table is a weighted piston and 



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to the top of this piston is attached a thin disc of transparent 
celluloid, with a small hole in its center. Inside of this hol- 
low piston, there is a second wire piston having a hook on 
the top of wire, the.^e pistons are worked by means of cords. 
By pulling the cords, both pistons rise together and raise the 
culluloid disc, and by pulling a little more on cord attached 
to wire piston the hook comes out oi disc. The piston rises 
above table top exactly the height of wine glass. A glass 
of wine, two silk handkerchiefs and a borrowed silk hat are 
required for the trick. When performer is returning to the 
stage he loads one of the handkerchiefs into hat, and places 
the glass of wine on table just behind the piston, and as he 
places handkerchief over glass the celluloid disc is raised by 
assistant, and performer sets hat on handkerchief and disc, 
then under pretence of rearranging handkerchief, He places 
hat for an instant in front of glass, and at same time placing 
his palm of hand over glass and inserting same into hat and 
places hat on the disc, while the performer is doing this the 
assistant raises the hook piston catching handkerchief in the 
center. Now the assistant slowly allows the piston and hook 
piston descend and the efitect is, as if the glass and handkerchief 
are passing upwards into hat, the hook piston draws handker- 
chief entirely into table leg. The performer then takes glass 
of wine and handkerchief out of hat. The glass used is of 
bell shape with short stem. The handkerchiefs are of light 
silk and small. I think it is a good plan to use a celluloid 
disc over mouth of glass, as in the following trick. 

FLYING GLASS OF WATER ON GLASS TOP TABLE. 

Use a Tumbler with perfectly straight sides, secretly place 
on mouth of glass, a disc of celluloid which exactly fits over 
the mouth of glass, you will now find that you can rest glass 
without fear of spilling w^ater, now cover glass with faked 
handkerchief and while holding handkerchief in the air, place 
glass in your pocket and apparently banish it under the very 
eyes of audience. Performer now borrows a thin silk hand- 
kerchief, and lays it over the top of table and asks a person 



64 NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 



if he believes in spiritualism. Tell him that you will have 
the spirits to place the glass of water under handkerchief on 
table when lo the shape of the glass slowly emerges under 
the handkerchief. Performer takes up handkerchief and glass 
and takes out the full glass of water. This exceedingly 
pretty and effective addition is performed by very simple 
means. In table leg is a piston which, when cord is pulled 
causes a thin rod to rise through hole drilled in glass top. To 
top of rod is soldered a small piece of sheet brass, over this 
is laid a round piece of celluloid same size as mouth of glass, 
when cord is pulled, piston forces celluloid and handkerchief 
up, which gives a good imitation of a glass appearing under 
handkerchief. Performer lifts up handkerchief and celluloid 
and takes from it the glass of water which he had in breast 
pocket, handing it to gentleman on stage making away with 
disc. 

THE DISAPPEx\RING GLASS OF WATER. 

A large Tumbler is filled with water and covered with a 
borrowed handkerchief and disappears from the hand of per- 
former while in the midst of audience. 

The tumbler which must be a large one has perfectly 
straight sides and is without mechamism, over this tumbler 
goes a glass shell open at top and bottom and large enough 
to fit lossely over the tumbler proper. The performer brings 
out tumbler with shell in position and placing both near the 
rear edge of his center table, he proceeds to fill the tumbler 
with water, and covers tumbler with a borrowed handkerchief 
and takes it up apparently, but in reality he lifts up the shell 
only and sits glass of water on servante. Now going among 
the audience and allowing then to feel of tumbler, also 
tapping shell with his wand to prove that the tumbler is there. 
He then secretly thrusts his hand through the shell and allows 
it to slide down his arm into sleeve, and shakes out the 
handkerchief to prove that tumbler has disappeared. By 
employing a faked handkerchief with disc in center, the 
tumbler can be apparently reproduced, the performer first 
allowing the shell to drop on servante of table or chair. 



NEW IDEAS IN MAGIC. 65 

THE HAND CUFF ACT. 
This act was first introduced by Joe Godfrey, followed by 
Louis Paul, and in the last ten years, several performers have 
introduced the act to good success. To work the act suc- 
cessfully a person must have some nerve, unlimited gall and 
a good talker. The main secret of the act, is in having a 
set of different hand cuff keys. The principal keys are, 
Beau Giant, Beau No. 2, Sing Sing, Byrns, Scotland Yards, 
Trenton Nos. i,and 2. Harper, Tower, Little Detective, etc. 
Also the following makes English, Canada, Mexican, Pink- 
erton, special and private makes, etc. While you can do 
most of the work with eight or ten keys. It is well to have the 
full set of 45 keys. When you get into a town or city you find 
out what cuffs the police are using, also find out quietly if 
there are any special make of cuff's in the city. Find out all 
you can, and have these keys concealed on your person 
where you can get your hands to them quickly. The open- 
ing of hand cuffs, if you are prepared for same, is as easy, as 
putting coal into a stove. I could write several pages on 
this subject. But have not the space, and as you require the 
keys for the act, it is useless to take up your time. How- 
ever I can furnish you with 45 keys, and full particulars and 
pointers for the sum of $15. Addres W. H. J. Shaw, 
St Louis, Mo. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY 

Or, Twenty=five Heads Under One Hat. 

In presenting the following pages to the public, my aim 
es to describe fully and as clearly as possible the art of "Cha- 
peaugraphy." I have only seen a few people ever perform 
this most amusing and pleasing pastime. It is really won- 
derful that persons having once seen "Chapeaugraphy" per- 
fgrmed do not try it themselves. The reason of it Is, that no 
one has ever written anything in explanation of ''how it is 
done." I think the first person I ever saw perform ''Chape- 
augraphy," was Monsieur Trewey. I can hardly describe 
with what deght and interest I watched him make, from a 
round piece of felt (specially prepared), numbers of different 
hats and characters by simply twisting the felt into different 
shapes and tying his handkerchief 'round his neck, or turning 
up his coat collar, &c. 

The idea one has that it takes a long time to learn is en 
tirely without any foundation. In 'Xhapeaugraphy," the 
chief things are to remember the various folds, to be quick,, 
and ready in an instant to turn the felt from one shaped hat 
into another. The expressions of the face are another point 
which you must look to, but as f6r being difficult, one only 
has to read and study the following pages and diagrams — 
they will master it in a very short time. Having first found 
out how to obtain the proper material to perform "Chapeau- 
graphy" I worked at it till I could make a number of caps 
with the greatest ease. These are fully described here,, 
showing diagram of each separate cap, and how the different 
folds and twists are made and how they look when it is on 
one^s head, and what cap it is supposed to represent. The 
public now having a book like this, can at once make a num- 
ber of different caps from one piece of felt, and perform with 
the greatest ease a most amusing entertainment called 
' 'Chapeaugraphy. " 

To perform "Chapeaugraphy" well, one must have a 
looking-glass on the table, so that he can see when the cap 



tiSB CHAPEAUGRAPHV. 



=has been twisted into the shape required, and that he puts it 
OR his head right, so that it represents the character meant 
lo be portrayed. The expression of the face is another mat- 
ter that must have careful attention. For instance, look at 
Figure X, *' The Schoolmaster," you will notice that when 
presenting this the face must look very severe and character- 
fistic of St pedagogue. We must then go to Figure XV^I. , 
■^The Irishman," this, you see, is quite the reverse of Fig- 
uire X., as the Irishman is all smiles and full of tun. By 
studying the illustration a little you will soon learn the 
different things to do to give more effect and amusement to 
the various figures you represent. The more mobile the 
features of the performer are, the better the effect will be, 
and he will be able to imitate with more exactness and 
<iroMery the various portraits of the ^'individualities." With 
the aid of a little acting, or impersonating, the performer 
-^^vants to let the audience see by dumb show that what he 
<ioes actually represents the character which he has before- 
hand told the audience he is going to personate. This hat is 
icivaluable to amateurs who have a liking /or **Charades," as 
with this felt disc, one can, with the greatest ease, make 
"twenty-five distinct characters, so that different people, in 
the' space of a very few minutes, can represent numerous 
"'individualiteies" which has an astonishing effect of clever- 
-ness, dexterity, and originality. 

NOTES. 

F^ach figure has two illustrations, A and B. 

^-'A" shows the folds and twists required in each hat. 

•'H" shows how the hat looks when it is on the head. 

The reader might notice the different appearance of the 
liat in Figure A to B when it is on the head, but they must 
•make allowance for the effect caused by the distance, which 
prevents the audience from seeing the lines and folds, the 
cnaterial being black also. I try to illustrate Figure A, so as 
i:o show the folds and twists in the various hats, but in B 
T give the effect and show how you should try and look to 
represent the character you are impersonating. 



COAPEAUGRAPHY. 



69 



Cow Boy. 



(FIGURE I.) 




Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



Having first shown the round piece of specially prepared 
felt, you quickly turn to your mirror and place it on your 
head. You must place it well at the back, and a trifle on 
one side. This hat requires no folding in this figure but 
simply place your head in the hole. 

You must be careful that you stand facing the audience, 
if not the top of your head will be seen. By having a stick 
ready on your table and holding as in figure B, it will repre- 
sent a Cow Boy holding his gun in front of him. 



70 



CHAPEAUGRArHY. 



Beadle. 

(FIGURE II.) 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

Quickly take the felt and make a hall twist, as shown in 
Figure A, and place it on your head, pull the flap at the 
back of the head down till you get it to look like a Beadle's 
hat, then with some rouge gently daub your nose and cheeks. 

By turning up the collar of your coat, this makes a splen- 
did representation of a Beadle. Whilst you are performing 
this figure, you must face the audience. 



'tHAPEAUGRAPHVr 



7T 



The Dustman. 



(FIGURE III 




Fig. A. Fig. W. 

This is something after Figure II, only the hat is pulled 
well down as far as it will go at the back of the head to rep- 
resent the '^Dustman." In this figure you will see the way 
to make one represent that character, is to face the audience 
with your head thrown back and hand up to the mouth, to 
represent the usual noisy approach of ''Dusty Bob." Here 
again the effect will be benefited by a small amount of rouge 
on the cheeks, also a little burnt cork to give one a dirty ap- 
pearance. But one wants to do this figure last if they use 
the cork, as it spoils the face for the rest of the characters, 
not having time to w^ash, as quickness is everything. By 
taking your handkerchief and tying it *round your neck, as 
in Figure B, it will add greatly to the effect. 



72 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



Soldier. 

(FIGURE IV.) 




Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



To get the best effect in representing a **Soldier," you 
must stand sideways to the audience. When you have fin- 
ished Figure III, all you have to do is to give the felt 
another half twist, which brings it to the shape of a Soldier's 
Cap, as worn in the olden times. Quickly turn up your coat 
collar and place a pipe in your mouth, when you have the 
ideal soldier of the 17th century. Do not look too solemn, 
but rather the reverse. By again making your stick repre- 
sent a gun, it will be a good finish. You have still the rouge 
on from the previous figures, which do not rub off, as it 
greatly adds to the effect. 



CHAAEAT^GRAFHY. 



7S 



Tine Curate. 



(FIGURE V. 





Fig. A. Fig. 

Quickly turn to your mirror and rub the rouge off your- 
face. Then turn the hat round the opposite way to Figure 
IV, so that the back of the hat in Figure IV, is in the front. 
in Figure V. Your collar is still turned up, tie your l^and- 
kerchief round your neck underneath your coat collar so tha^ 
the two ends come out from the front of the coat and hang 
down as in Fig. B. Having placed the cap on, pull your 
hair down at the sides of your head, so as to give a very- 
meek and mild appearance. By using a little white chalk or 
common white powder, it will give the pale countenas^c^ oi 
the usual Curate. 



74 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



TpHe Dulve of Wellioeton. 



(FIGl'RE Vr.) 




iMg. A. Fig. B. 

This is a very easy hat to make, you will see by the dia- 
gram that all you have to do is to pull through the hole two 
sides of the felt, then place it on your head longways. The 
diagram A shows how the hat looks before it is placed on 
the head. To represent ''Wellington,' one must look ratlier 
severe and hold the head well back with the collar of the coat 
turned up. In this figure no chalk should be used. You 
should stand half sideways to the audience. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHV. 



75 



TT hL e C hi i o a m a o . 



(FIGURE VII.) 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

The Chinaman is perhaps one the best and most amusing 
characters. The felt must for this hat be twisted twice, as 
shown in Figure A. When placing the hat on your head, 
first push your hair well up, so that it cannot be seen, Chi- 
namen generally being minus it on the front of their heads. 
To make this look more effective hold your first finger of 
each hand up as a Tally. 

You must stand facing the audience. To make yourself 
look more like a ^ ^Heathen Chinee," take one side of your 
handkerchief and tuck it all round your collar, letting the 
handkerchief hang down in front of your coat as shown in 
Figure B. 



76 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



The Coquette. 



(FIGURE Vni ) 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

The Coquette is rather a difficult figure for a man to rep- 
resent, as the gentle and finely pencilled features which one 
generally finds the coquette blessed with are somewhat hard 
for a man to imitate. 

The hat requires in this figure first one twist, this brings 
it same as' Figure IV, then take the wide end and give it half 
a twist, which brings it to Fig. VII, then again pass wide part 
through centre hole; it is ready to put on, and will represent 
the hat as shown in diagram above. In placing this on your 
head take care that you pull the cap well down at the back 
of the head. 

A little rouge on the lips and cheeks will add to the effect. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



77 



ARTIST. 

(FIGURE IX ) 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

This is rather a complicated hat to look at, but really is 
not hard to make, and when once you have mastered the 
twists it will be found very simple and a most effective char- 
acter. The artist should have a beard, if possible, but if the 
performer has not one I am afraid he will not care to grow 
one for the occasion. A small stick or pencil held in the 
hand whilst pretending to paint will make the character 
complete. 

To form the hat, first give one twist, which forms Figure 
II, then give the other side a twist through the centre in the 
opposite way. When you put it on you must pull the two 
sides well out so as to give it the shape and style shown in 
the drawing. 



7 8 



CHAPEAUGRAPHV. 



Thie Schioolinnaster 



(F.GT^RE X ) 




Fig. A. ' Fig, B. . 

A simple and most effective figure. This cap is made 
by imagining the felt is a square instead of a round. Take 
two opposite sides and pull them through the centre hole. 
Then place it on your head, and you will find that you have 
a capital representation of the college cap. 

A pair of glasses gives to one a very staid and stern ap- 
pearance. The coat collar should be turned up, so that only 
a little square of the collar in front can be seen, as in illus- 
tration of the Schoolmaster, Figure X. B., again by tying 
the handkerchief round the collar and having the two ends 
hanging down outside the coat gives the finishing touches, 
and makes a first rate ''pedagogue." This cap is made the 
same as Figure VI and XIX, only that it is turned upside 
down. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHP. 



79 



TPlne Buimpl^in, 

(FIGURE XL) 





Fig. A. 1 ig. B. 

Take care with this figure to look as idiotic as possible. 
The best way is to stare very hard and open your mouth at 
the same time. 

You will notice that the hat looks a different shape to the 
one on the Bumpkin's head. The reason of this is that when 
you place it on your head you stretch it till you make it stiff 
and it sets on your head, as in the drawling. To form the 
hat proceed just as in Figure VIII, but when twisted pull the 
sides out so as to give it the shape as shown in the drawing. 
Part of this arrangement must be completed when it is on 
the head. 



8o 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



The Publican, 



(FIGURE XII. 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

This hat represents the old-fashion hat the Publicans 
used to wear in the olden times. They were generally round 
faced, red nosed, jovial old fellows, always with a church- 
warden pipe in their mouths and a tankard of beer by their 
side. A little rouge will soon redden the nose and cheeks, 
which give one the appearance of being a little too fond of 
the tap. If you turn up your coat collar and push one cor- 
ner of your handkerchief in each of your waistcoat pockets, 
it will hang down in front of you and give the appearance ot 
an apron. By bending your back and stooping a little, you 
will greatly add to the effect. To form the hat, first give 
one twist then give another twist, but at the wide end, then 
pull it out until you get it to a point and put it on with the 
wide part behind. This requires a little practice, but can 
soon be obtained by working it out. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



8l 



The Salvationist. 

(FIGURE Xni.) 





Fig. A. 



Fig. il 



The Salvation lass is not a hard figure to represent as far 
as the bonnet goes, but it is not always the bonnet, but the 
head within it that represents the character. This bonnet is 
made the same as Figure II and III, only this is draw^n down 
much lower at the back of the head. This hat consists of 
only one twist, having done which, pull the end intended for 
the head out w^ide so as to look like Figure XIII B, the other 
end will thus be made small. This is covered by the back 
of the head and cannot be seen. 

You must turn up your collar and tie your handkerchief 
so that it looks like the strings of a bonnet. 



CfiAPEAUCRAPHY. 



The Jester. 

(FIGURE XIV ) 





Jg- 



Fig. B. 



You must pay particular attention to the "Jester's hat" 
as the folds are rather hard to make at first, but by studying 
the illustration well, you will soon be able to overcome this 
difficulty. It is made nearly the same as Figure VI, except 
that when you have made ^'Wellington's" hat you take the 
two flaps which you have pulled through the centre hole and 
bend them down so that they stick up as in Figure XIV B. 

To represent the character of a jester, one wants to look 
as jolly and funny as possible. It greatly adds to the efifect 
of this impersonation if you take off your coat and turn it in- 
side out, the sleeves being a different color, gives a most 
grotesque appearance. A punch's head or bladder isa great 
addition to the representation. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



85 



Louis XV, 



(FIGURE XV. 





Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



To make this hat you fold over two sides one overlapping: 
the other, till you get the felt into the shape of a V. 

Next bend the felt about 6 inches from the point and pull' 
it through the hole as shown in Figure XV A. Then take 
and pull the hat out longways till you have the Louis XV 
hat, as shown above Figure XV. Whilst representing thi& 
character you must look as stately as possible. 



•84 



CHAPEAUGRAPHV. 



The Irishman. 



(FIGURE XVI. 





Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



Take the felt and fold it in half. Then place the two 
<ends together, and to keep the felt in shape, use an ordinary 
ttie clip and fasten the ends with it. You now have an **Irish- 
man's" hat. There are actually two rims inside, but place 
your head in the smallest rim and pull the hat firmly on. It 
^should be placed on the head sideways as usually worn by 
''Irishmen." A clay pipe placed in the mouth and a shilla- 
3ah makes a capital addition to the representation of this 
-character. A little rouge on the nose greatly adds to the 
effect and gives the laughing jolly features of a rale Irish- 
jnan; tie a handkerchief round your neck in a sailor's knot, 
as in figure XVI B, which makes the Irishman complete. 
Whilst representing this character, you must try and make 
VO-^r features look as funny as possible. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



85 



THE TOREADOR. 



(FIGURE XVII. 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

This hat requires five distinct twists. First give it one 
twist as in II, then twist wide end, next tv/ist wide end again 
through, and yet another twist to this end. When you have 
given the required number of twists, you will have a point of 
the felt sticking up, this must be pushed down like in Figure 
XVII B. When I say pushed down, I mean only a little way, 
so as to take the sharp appearance of the point off. 

To represent the 'Toreador" you must take a shawl and 
throw it over your left shoulder, standing sideways to the 
audience. This looks remarkably like the usual loose cloak 
the ^'Toreador" generally wears. Of course the figure would 
not look complete without the universal * 'cigarette" in his 
mouth. 

Before placing the hat on your head, take care to pull 
your hair over your forehead. A little burnt cork on the 
eyebrows gives a fierce look to the face. 



86 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



THE PIPER. 



(FIGURE XVIII. 





A. 



Fig. B. 



The hat in this figure requires a very little practice to 
make, as it consists of only one twist, but you must see that 
the two long coils in Figure XVIII A, are rolled tight, this 
is done by stretching the opening where the head goes. 

Figure XVIII B, illustrates the effect of it when looking 
frontways. 

Figure XVIII A, shows the back of the hat, which of 
course cannot be seen. 

To personate the Piper you must take a short stick and 
hold in your mouth, which you pretend to play with your 
fingers to represent the pipe. Stand slightly sideways to the 
audience. The collar of your coat should be turned up. 
Let your hair hang down in front of your face as much as 
possible. By using a little chalk on your cheeks it will give 
the sickly appearance that one so often sees with the wander- 
ing minstrel. 



CHAAEAUGRAl^HY. 



87 



NAPOLEON 



(FIGURE XIX. 





Fig. b. 

This hat is nearly the same as Figure VI, only the hat in 
this instance is put on with the two points pointiug right and 
left, instead of the points being front and back of the head 
as worn by Wellington. It is made the same way, exactly, 
all you have to do is, when you have put it on, pull the two 
points down as low as possible over your ears as in Figure 
XIX B. This figure I generally end up with, as I think it 
is one of the best, or I may say the best and most effective. 
The coat collar should be turned up, with your chin resting 
as much as possible on your chest. It depends entirely with 
the performer whether he represents this character well or 
not. The left hand should be folded across your breast, 
with the hand a little way in the lapel of your coat. The 
finishing touches are the features which must look very stern 
and the brows should be greatly puckered. By paying at- 
tention to these small details, one will represent a life-like 
character of the ^^Great Emperor.'' 



88 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



THE SNUFF TAKER. 



(FIGURE XX.) 





Fig. B. 

You must carefully study this hat for a few minutes before 
attempting to make it. The hat in Figure XX A, looks en- 
tirely different to XX B, but my readers must remember that 
in A, the hat is being looked into, whereas in B, it is on the 
head sideways, and being black the folds cannot be seen. 

One must be careful to bend the back in this character. 
If the reader looks at Figure XX B, he will see that the snuff 
is generally taken with the left hand. These little details 
should be noticed, as they make a great difference in the 
representation of individualities. To form the hat first give 
it one twist same as Figure II, pull it tight and twist wide 
end through again. In Figure A, the top shows the back of 
the hat, which requires arranging according to Figure B, 
after it is put on the head. 

L.ofC. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



85^-. 



THE INQUISITION, 

(FIGURE XXI.) 





Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



To obtain the full effect of this character, you want to 
well whiten the face with chalk and blacken the eyebrows 
with burnt cork. 

To make this hat you only have to give one twist, then 
pull the hat out wide at the bottom so as to get a point at the 
top. You will find by so doing that the two flaps whick 
make the point of the hat, will lap over one another. 

Then place the hat on, but see that you have it low down 
on your head infact the two flaps ought to partly cover the 
eyes. Turn up your coat collar so that only a little piece of. 
white collar can be seen, and cross your hands over you:*- 
breast as in Figure XXI B. By looking very stern, with seti: 
features and closed eyes, you will get a splendid represen- 
tation of the Monks of the * 'Inquisition." Pay particular at- 
tention to your walk, as you must walk slowly and stcoj' 
rather. 



90 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



THE DUNCE. 



(FiGrRE xxri ) 





Fig. A. 

The Dunce's Cap is at first rather difficult to make, but 
\>y practicing the folds, as illustrated in E^igure XXII A, it 
Avill soon become quite easy. It is made in the same way 
as Fignre XII, but when twisted, instead of pulling out the 
point in front, make it so that there are two points and put 
it on sideways, and you must stand so that the back point 
•does not show. This hat, when it is made, must not be put 
on frontways as in E'igure A, but sideways, so as to make 
the pointed cap that in the old-fashioned days they used to 
put on the ''dunce," and which is called the Dunce's Cap. 

Whilst performing this character the face should be made 
to look as stupid and stolid as possible. By screwing up the 
eyes and using your handkerchief it gives the appearance of 
•crying. If you hold a book of any kind in your hand, it il- 
lustrates the figure better, and makes the effect to look a 
dunce much more natural. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHV. 



THE HUSSAR. 



(FIGURE XXIII. 





Fig. A. 



Fig. B. 



This is a simple and effective figure, but when making 
this hat one requires to use a tie-clip, so as to hold the hat 
together as in Figure XXIII A. By this means you form 
the hole for the head to go in. 

Only one twist is required to make this hat. You then 
clip the two sides together by means of the clip which holds 
them firm, and thus forms a hole for your head. Now place 
it on your head, allowing the twisted part of the cap to fall 
over the side, which represents the tassel or plume which the 
hussar generally wears hanging down at the side of his hat. 
If you have a glass and a cigar it gives the appearance of 
the occupation the men of the arms like best, enjoying them- 
selves and always merry. Again, in this figure, one requires 
to turn up the collar of the coat to give a miltary style. 



CHAPEAUGRAPHY. 



THE MAGICIAN. 



(FIGURE XXIV.) 





Fig. A. Fig. B. 

In making this hat you must be very careful. It will be 
well to study the illustration A for some time before at- 
tempting it, as the twists arc rather complicated. 

See t-hat the hat is placed low on your forehead as in 
Figure XXIV B. By holding up the cards as in figure, it 
makes a very good representation of a conjuror. To form 
the hat, first give one twist, then the second twist as in the 
Publican's; but now put your hands inside and work gently 
round until you make the two points and they stick up as 
represented in the drawing. 



CHAPEAUGRAI'HY 



93 



THE GEN-D'ARME. 



(FIGURE XXV.) 





Fig. A. 

To make this cap you must once more resort to a little 
clip, as shown in Figure XXV A. Having made the hat 
which only requires you to bring the outer rim through the 
centre hole of the felt, then to draw the outer rim up till you 
have it even with the other. You can then keep the hat in 
shape by holding the outer edges together with the clip. In 
representing this character, you must look most dignified 
and stern. 

The coat collar again must be turned up a la Militaire. 
The clip you will find, gives a good finish to the hat, and 
makes it look exactly like a Gen-d'Arme's Chapeau. With 
a little practice this hat will be found most simple and 
effective. 



SHAW'S BOOK 

ON 
..,VENTRIL.OQUISM,.. 

Is the best instructor on the art ever published. It also con- 
tains a comical dialogue for two figures. Many persons imagine 
that it is a natural gift. Professional ventriloquists favor the idea 
to keep others out of the field. I am asked almost every ♦ day: ^'If 
a person has to be born that way." The answer, let me say here, 
that almost anyone possessing an ordinary voice without defect, 
can with a little study, become thoroughly acquainted with the 
mysteries of the Art. If you want to learn how to throw your 
voice, how to imitate the sounds of animals, insects, bees, flies, 
sawing and planing of wood, etc., send lo cents tor this little book 
and get posted. 

Remember this book contains the full secret and complete in- 
structions to master this amusing art in a few minutes. 

Address all orders to 

W. H. J. SHAW, 

St. Louis, Mo. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

The Demon Cards of Faust ^ ^ 

Mystic Envelopes and Cards a 

The Magic Growth of Flowers 5 

The Changing Cards 5 

The Birth of Floris ' ' ' y 

Cassadaga Propaganda o 

New Color Changing Handkerchief j^ 

Three Legged Lady i^ 

Four Legged Lady j^ 

New Knotted Handkerchief 12 

The Soldier's Fate * '. ly 

The Mysterious Glass Jar and Coins jg 

The Crystal Decanters and Mysterious Handkerchief lo 

The Wonderful Rising Wand 21 

New Handkerchief Production 28 

The Hypnotised Wand 22 

The Handkerchief Metamorphosis 23 

Wand and Obedient Ring 24 

New Dice Trick 24 

Crystal Casket of Youth 25 

New Half Lady 27 

The Latest Billiard Ball Trick 20 

The Wonderful Velvet Bag .' 30 

Theo. The Flying Lady oq 

The Fish Pole Trick 33 

The Artist's Dream 3^ 

The Handkerchief Cassette 3y 

New Hindoo Wands and Cords 3S 

Svengalis Second Sight 3^ 

Red, White and Blue — Separation of Liquids 47 

The Flying Lamp 48 

New Production of a Flag ^3 

New Color Changing Plume ^^ 

Wine, Ribbons and Fire Works ^^ 

Spirit Chalk Marks 55 

The Guillotine Mystery 56 

Indian Box Mystery 57 

Hindoo Box Mystery 58 

The Pillory Mystery 59 

Wonderful Talking Head 61 

Fin De Siecle Glass and Hat 62 

Flying Glass of Water on Glass Top Table 63 

The Disappearing Glass of Water 64 

Hand Cuff Act 65 

Chapeaugraphy 67 



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